2025年John Locke约翰洛克写作比赛终于放题了!哲学、政治、经济、历史、法律、心理学、神学、JUNIOR组题目速览~
JohnLocke竞赛参赛要求
参赛对象
⭐高年级组:提交论文时年满15-18岁
⭐低年级组:提交论文时年满14岁及以下
论文要求:
在经济、法律、政治、历史、哲学、神学、心理学、低年级组学科所发布的题目中,选取1个题目,撰写一篇2000词以内的论文(不包括图表、数据表、脚注、参考书目或作者声明)。
JohnLocke竞赛关键时间点
⭐注册开始时间:2025年4月1日。
⭐报名截止日期:2025年5月31日。(在此日期之前需要注册才能提交后续申请。
⭐提交截止日期:2025年6月30日。
⭐延迟报名截止日期:2025年7月7日(延期7天)或2025年7月21日(延期21天)。
⭐入围散文家通知:2025年7月31日。
⭐学术会议:2025年10月3日至5日。
⭐颁奖晚宴:2025年10月4日。
25年JohnLocke竞赛题目
高年级组题目分为七大学科,每个学科有3道问答;低年级组不区分学科,统一有7个问题,学生从中选择其一即可。
1.哲学 Philosophy
1.What moral obligations do we owe to living persons that we do not owe to future persons? What are the implications of your answer for policy-making?
我们对活着的人负有哪些道德义务,而我们对未来的人没有义务呢?您的回答对政策制定有何影响?
2.Should we treat non-human animals well because they have rights, interests, neither, or both?
我们是否应该善待非人类动物,因为它们有权利、利益,或者两者都没有,或者两者都有?
3.”When civilians are the main target, theres no need to consider the cause. Thats terrorism; its evil.” Is this correct?
“当平民成为主要目标时,就没有必要考虑原因,那是恐怖主义。这是邪恶的。”这是正确的吗?
2.政治学Politics
1.Should politicians ever be punished for lying?
政治家是否应该因说谎而受到惩罚?
2.David Hume celebrated the wisdom of “unlettered men”. In a democracy, do the votes of the unlettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the lettered or do the votes of the lettered tend to protect a country against the bad ideas of the unlettered?
大卫·休谟赞美了“未受教育者”的智慧。在民主制度中,未受教育者的选票是否倾向于保护国家免受受教育者的坏主意,还是受教育者的选票倾向于保护国家免受未受教育者的坏主意?
3.Diversity is fashionable, but is it valuable?
多样性是时尚的,但它有价值吗?
3.经济学 Economics
1.What kinds of behaviour are engendered by the hope of profit? Is such behaviour better or worse, on balance, than the behaviour we should expect if all enterprises were owned by charities or governments?
利润的期望会激发什么样的行为?这种行为总体上比所有企业都由慈善机构或政府拥有时的行为更好还是更坏?
2.What will be the effect on socio-economic mobility of the UK governments plan to impose value added tax on school fees?
英国政府计划对私立学校学费征收增值税,这将对社会经济流动性产生什么影响?
3.Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?
牛津大学是否应该降低对慷慨捐助者子女的录取标准?
4.历史History
1.According to Bertrand Russell, “Hitler is an outcome of Rousseau; Roosevelt and Churchill of Locke.” To what extent was he correct?
伯特兰·罗素(Bertrand Russell)曾说:“希特勒是卢梭的产物,而罗斯福和丘吉尔是洛克的产物。” 他在多大程度上是正确的?
2.Should anyone be ashamed of their nations history? Should anyone be proud of it?
人们应该为自己的国家历史感到羞耻吗?应该为其感到自豪吗?
3.Which figure in history did most to enlarge human freedom?
历史上哪位人物对人类自由的扩展贡献最大?
5.法律 Law
1.What injury should one person be permitted to inflict on another in the defence of private property?
在保护私人财产时,一个人被允许对另一个人造成何种伤害?
2.“Use every man after his desert, and who should ’scape whipping?” Should the law treat offenders better than they deserve?
“如果按照每个人的功过来对待他,谁又能逃得过鞭打呢?”,法律是否应该比人们应得的更好地对待犯罪者?
3.Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal?
弗拉基米尔·普京是否是战争罪犯?
6.心理学 Psychology
1.Is objectivity all in the mind?
客观性只是心理上的产物吗?
2.Eleanor Roosevelt declared, “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” Is she right?
埃莉诺·罗斯福曾说:“没有你的同意,没人能让你感到自卑。” 她说得对吗?
3.What is self-deceit?
什么是自欺(Self-Deceit)?
7.神学 Theology
1.Is atheism implausible?
无神论是否站不住脚?
2.Why would the creator of a trillion galaxies become angry if you have sex with your boyfriend or eat bacon for breakfast?
为什么创造了万亿个星系的造物主会因为你和男朋友发生亲密关系或早餐吃培根而感到愤怒?
3.Why pray?
为什么要祈祷?
低年级组 Junior Prize
Q1. Your citizenship at birth was chosen for you. Which citizenship would you have chosen?
你的出生公民身份已经被决定好了,但如果可以选择,你会选择哪国公民身份?
Q2. Do you benefit more from your own freedom of speech or from other people’s?
你从自己的言论自由中获益更多,还是从他人的言论自由中获益更多?
Q3. Who is more powerful – Donald Trump or Elon Musk?
谁更有权势——唐纳德·特朗普还是埃隆·马斯克?
Q4. Since 1920, twenty-one presidents and prime ministers from nine countries have been graduates of Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) at Oxford. Would it have been better if they had studied history?
自1920年以来,来自九个国家的二十一位总统和首相毕业于牛津大学的哲学、政治与经济学(PPE)专业。如果他们当初学习的是历史,是否会更好呢?
Q5. What is your fair share of what someone else has earned?
你应当从他人赚取的财富中获得多少才算公平?
Q6. Why do you continue to use your smartphone more than is good for you?
为什么你仍然使用智能手机的频率超过了对自己有益的程度?
Q7. Why do people become more boring as they grow up and grow older?
为什么人们随着成长和变老会变得更加无趣?
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